Kissy Gals

Cate striking a pose with mummy while trying on her new swim cap.

How does one stay angry....

Below is a dialogue between Emma and I after she almost left her cardigan behind some place. She has been increasingly careless with her belongings and my patience was wearing thin!!!

Mummy Peng (in exasperation): Emma, if you had lost your cardigan, I would have been RAGING MAD!!!
Emma (innocently): What's 'raging'?
Mummy Peng (annoyed at being distracted from scolding): It means very angry.
Emma (eyes wide in slight whisper): Angrier than "CROSS"???
Mummy Peng: SIGH!.... a little.

How do I stay angry with that girl!!!!

It's tough being an officer's daughter....

It's tough being the daughter of an army officer.... It doesn't matter if you are only 2yrs old,... papa is still expecting me to do the flex arm hang!!!

p.s. Sorry for these really blury photos but my phone is seriously slowing down!!

Reunited

At last Kai Ma Lis has made it back from Bangkok, and Cate managed to catch a quick lunchie with her! Poor Cate,.... both her Kai Mas are perpetually absent! Well, hopefully after this lunch Cate would have made a good enough impression for Kai Ma Lis to move back for good soon!!!!

Got CROCs????....

The girls had their friends over this evening and look at this pretty little sight literally in my lift lobby!

Great Eastern Women 10K - Impossible is Nothing....

Another great shot to include.... Impossible is nothing....

Great Eastern Women 10K - I did it!

This morning I completed the Great Eastern Womens' 10km run. That is me above seconds from crossing the finishing line!!! :) I would say I was pleased with how I did,... not that it was really that great, but I met the target that I set for myself which was to complete the 10km within the hour. I completed it in 56.5min! Yay!

I am not going to lie, it was no walk in the park. I can tell you now that I suffered the whole way. I am no natural runner that's for sure. At the 7km mark, I saw those portable toilets and seriously thought about using them real quick,... after 2 secs of negotiation in my head, I decided that I was just looking for ANY excuse to stop and I had best press on!!! What am I thinking, portable toilets are gross anyway. Looking back, I didn't even need the toilet! I really need to work on my mental game.....

The whole experience was really enjoyable.... there were so many of us (Linda, Ruth, Lin, Janice, Elvia, Mel, Pat, Ching, Wei,....) and with the AAA guys cheering us on, how could I not enjoy this race!!!

Our "men" were great.... They were there cheering us on like crazy, taking pictures.... Towards the finishing line, I even saw some hands come out to give me hi-5s!!!.... but sorry guys, I just didn't have the energy to zig zag to you let alone lift my hands for hi-5s! :P It was also really great to cross the finish line to Lin and Ching's beaming faces and hugs :D

The girls and our men..... thanks for coming to cheer us on!

I think quite a few of us achieved our personal best times today! Ching ~52min, Janice ~58min. Lin (I am not sure if this was her personal best) but this nutter finished ~49min (insane!)

I love this picture of Hansel and Shem looking down the empty finishing stretch, anticipating our return....

Well done girls! We did it!

Best Buds

Emma and Mark at sunday family lunch at Akashi...in better times... ;)

Hide and Seek

Here is cate playing hide and seek with her sister. Not only are her feet in plain site, my wardrobe doors are see through! The sad part is that emma actually thought it was a good hiding spot! Kids...

PAUL CHEW and me....

On 11th October, 9 yrs ago, Paul and I were married.(yes, I was somewhat a child-bride)

Happy Anniversary!!! One more year and we get to TIN! (woohoo!)

Gone Ethnic

Today the girls were supposed to get dressed up in traditional clothes to celebrate Hari Raya! Cate in a chiong-sam, Emma in a Malay-like top. They are SO CUTE!

Kitty Cat Ems

Emma trying on her cousin Mark's school concert cat costume. Cutie!
Mark is going to be sweating in his fur!

Cheese!

This is a pic of cate that she took of herself using my phone. She was trying to take a picture of me actually but doesn't know which side the lens is. Silly billy!

My family...

Just the 5 of us just like it used to be. Now we have multiplied to 14!

Sad Face, Angry Face, Monster Face...Silly Face...

Here are the girls going all out making faces at the camera. Emma is quite the natural! Cate is just happily following whatever her Cheh-Cheh is doing.

Emma and Cate are such a joy to even just have a meal with. Full of fun and entertainment.